American Idol season 17

American Idol
Season 17
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Hosted byRyan Seacrest
Judges
WinnerLaine Hardy
Runner-upAlejandro Aranda
No. of episodes19
Release
Original networkABC
Original releaseMarch 3 (2019-03-03) –
May 19, 2019 (2019-05-19)
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The seventeenth season of American Idol premiered on March 3, 2019,[1] on the ABC television network. It was the show's second season to air on ABC. Ryan Seacrest continued as host, while Katy Perry, Luke Bryan, and Lionel Richie returned as judges. Bobby Bones returned as the in-house mentor, and acted as a guest host for the episode on April 8, 2019.

Laine Hardy won the season on May 19, 2019, while Alejandro Aranda was the runner-up, and Madison VanDenburg finished in third place.

  1. ^ "American Idol Renewed for Season 2 on ABC | American Idol". ABC. Archived from the original on July 9, 2018. Retrieved May 26, 2018.